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Tuesday, 12 February 2019

These Photos From The 1900s Capture How Native Americans Lived 100 Years Ago

In the 20th century, Native American Indian was fading away quickly. With this regard, Edward Sheriff Curtis dedicated years of his life to securing and recording the lifestyle of the remarkable indigenous tribes in North America. Considerably, his work comprises some of the most enthralling photos from that era.

Wealthy financier and banker J.P. Morgan equipped Curtis with $75,000 in 1906. He was to produce a Native Americans series; so together they created a 20-volume series. It's called The North American Indian, and you can purchase here: The North American Indian: The Complete Portfolios

A Klamath Chief Poses On A Hill Above Crater Lake, Oregon, 1923

A Young Jicarrilla Girl, C. 1910

On Horseback --- an Apsaroke Man, 1908

A Group Of Navajo men In The Canyon De Chelly, Arizona, 1904

An Apsaroke Mother with her Child, 1908

the Sioux Chiefs, 1905

A Tewa Girl, 1906

A bare-skinned Nootka Man Aims A Bow And Arrow, 1910

the Black Eagle, An Assiniboin Man, 1908

Piegan Tepees, 1910

the Hollow Horn Bear, A Brulé Man, 1907

A Mohave Woman, 1903

An Apache Girl with a Papoose, 1903

A Kwakiutl Wedding Party Arrives In Intricately-designed Canoes, 1914

Nakoaktok Dancers Don Hamatsa Masks In A Ritual, 1914

Eskadi, Of The Apache Tribe, 1903

The Kwakiutl Shaman Performs A Religious Ritual, 1914

An Apache Woman, 1906

A Smoky Day At The Sugar Bowl, 1923

20 A Qagyuhl Man Portraying A Bear, 1914

Some Walpi Maidens, 1906

A young Qahatika Girl, 1907

A Navajo Man, 1904

Maricopa Child, 1907

Crow Encampment With Tipis, Tents, Wagons, Horses And Men As Noticed From The Distant Shore Of The River, 1908

the Navajos, 1905

Piegan Girls Collect Goldenrod, 1910

A Koskimo Man Dressed As Hami ("dangerous Thing") During A Numhlim Ceremony, 1914

A Qagyuhl Woman Dressed Up With A Fringed Chilkat Blanket And A Mask Representing A Deceased Relative Who Had Been A Shaman, 1914

A Hidatsa Man Carrying A Captured Eagle, 1908

Medicine Crow Among The Apsaroke Tribe, 1908

Hakalahl, A Nakoaktok Chief, 1914

Indian Woman Carrying Rushes, 1908

A Young Member Of The Apache Tribe, C. 1910

The Primitive Artists-paviotso, 1924

An Apsaroke Man Wearing Medicine Hawk Headdress, 1908

A Kwakiutl Gatherer Hunting Abalones In Washington, 1910

A Hupa Spear Fisherman Watches For Salmon, 1923

A Wishran Girl, 1910

A Kwakiutl Man Wearing A Mask Representing A Man Transforming Into A Loon, 1914

**Curtis' mechanism in recording the vanishing way of life were later on condemned by some anthropologists. He seldom posed individuals from different tribes in the same clothing, separated them from their natural settings and utilized overly romantic ones, and the like. Nonetheless, his work is still considered one of he biggest Native American research and features great authenticity.